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30.4.2008

Board Game Auction 2008

Tags: Everything — Author: @ 11:16 pm

It’s time for my fourth annual summer board game auction, yay!! This time I’ve teamed up with my neighbor and close friend, Saku S., to bring you even MORE great games – here’s how it works…

Below are the starting prices. Simply leave a comment below with your bids. Each bid must be 1 euro higher than the previous. Please include both your name and e-mail address. (if your message doesn’t immediately appear, it may have got caught in my spam guard – I’ll check my spam throughout the day so just wait a few hours and it will show)

I will update this page daily with the highest bids – however, when placing a bid, search through the comments to be sure you are the highest bidder.

I’ll be at Ropecon 2008, so I can bring the games there. If you won’t be at Ropecon, I can meet you in Espoo, or send the games in the Post (at your expense). I’ll accept bank transfer or cash.

The auction begins now (July 30th) and ends on Friday, August 8th at 12:00.

Good luck! E-mail me with any questions: phil >>at>> finlandforthought . net

Latest update on the bids: Friday, August 8th at 15:00, Winners updated

Age
of Napoleon / Das Zeitalter Napoleons
, Phalanx
5 EUR, Kalle Miller

WINNER: 10 EUR, Valtteri Pirttilä

German version with printed English rules. Unplayed.
Heart
of Africa / Ins Innere Afrika
, Phalanx
WINNER: 5 EUR, Mika
German version with scanned printed English rules.
Unplayed.
Elasund:
The First City of Catan
, Kosmos
5 EUR

6 EUR, raaf

WINNER: 7 EUR, Mirko

German version with printed English rules. Played maybe
two times.
Quarto!,
Gigamic
5 EUR Good condition.
Marco
Polo Expedition
, Rio Grande
WINNER: 5 EUR, barber
English version. Good condition.
New
England,
Goldsieber
5 EUR, Timo Malvisalo6 EUR, Hessu

9 EUR, Timo Malvisalo

WINNER: 10 EUR, Hessu

Played condition.
Scene
it!,
Screenlife LLC
10 EUR First Edition (2003). Played condition.
Space
Dealer
, Eggert Spiele
10 EUR

15 EUR, Kalle Miller

WINNER: 18 EUR, Valtteri Pirttilä

German version with printed English rules. Good condition.
Die
Weinhändler
, Amigo
2 EUR, Mosse

3 EUR, JoeLamer

5 EUR, Mosse

WINNER: 6 EUR, metsku

German version with printed English rules. Good condition.
Taru
Sormusten Herrasta/Lord of the Rings
, Tactic
5 EUR, Timo Malvisalo

7 EUR, Timo Malvisalo

WINNER: 12 EUR,  Mirko

Finnish version. Unplayed.
Combat
Commander: Volume II – Mediterranean
, GMT Games
15 EUR

WINNER: 30 EUR, Vesa

In shrink. Unopened.
Age
of Empires III: The Age of Discovery
, Tropical Games
15 EUR

21 EUR, Patrik Lervik

WINNER: 33 EUR, Tombad

With the components for extra player shipped with
pre-order, box a bit caved in during shipment.
4 x card games package WINNER: 2 EUR, JoeLamer
Lao Pengh,
Up & Down and Turbo

from Adlung Spiele (all with English rules) + Herzlos from Winning
Moves (German with no English rules)

Amyitis,
Ystari
5 EUR12 EUR, Mosse

13 EUR, Opettaja H.

WINNER: 15 EUR, raaf

Played   3
times, like new. German edition with English rules.
Augusburg
1520
, Alea
5 EUR, Ossessione

9 EUR, Mirko

WINNER: 15 EUR,  Mirko

Played 4 times, like new. German edition with English rules.
Before
the Wind
, Mayfair
3 EUR

WINNER: 9 EUR, Ossessione

Played once, like new. English edition.
Blue
Moon City
, Kosmos
5 EUR

10 EUR, oskari

12 EUR, raaf

WINNER: 13 EUR, Mika

Played several times, like new. German edition with English rules.
Chicago
Poker
, Phalanx
WINNER: 3 EUR, barber
Played several times, like new. English edition.
Darjleeing,
Abacus
5 EUR

8 EUR, Jhua

9 EUR, metsku

WINNER: 10 EUR, Jhua

Played once, like new. English edition.
Double
or Nothing
, Uberplay (Reiner Knizia)
5 EUR Played several times, like new. English edition.
Evergreen,
Goldseiber (Wolfgang Kramer)
WINNER: 2 EUR, Cane
Played once, like new. German edition with English rules.
Great
Wall of China
, Kosmos (Reiner Knizia)
3 EUR

WINNER: 5 EUR, Timo Tikkanen

Played several times, like new. German edition with English rules.
Limits,
Amigo (Uwe Rosenberg)
2 EUR, JoeLamer

WINNER: 3 EUR, Cane

Played once, like new. German edition with English rules.
Lucky
Loop,
Queen
3 EUR Played twice, like new. German edition with English rules.
Rage,
Fundex
2 EUR, barber

WINNER: 3 EUR, Cane

Played once, like new. English edition.
Saludos
Amigos!,
Goldseiber
5 EUR Played once, like new. German edition with English rules.
Sleuth,
Face-2-Face (Sid Sackson)
5 EUR

WINNER: 10 EUR, Timo Tikkanen

Played once, like new. English edition.
Walhalla,
Amigo
5 EUR, Timo Malvisalo

6 EUR, Hessu

9 EUR, Timo Malvisalo

WINNER: 10 EUR, Hessu

Played several times, like new. German edition with
English rules.
Ziegen
Kriegen
, Amigo
2 EUR, JoeLamer

3 EUR, metsku

WINNER: 5 EUR, Cane

Played once, like new. German edition with English rules.
Shogun,
Queen (Dirk Henn)
10 EUR

25 EUR, Mosse

31 EUR, Mirko

WINNER: 40 EUR, Jhua

Played once, like new. German edition with English rules.
Thurn
& Taxis: All Roads Lead to
Rome
, Rio Grande Games (Andreas Seyfarth)
5 EUR

6 EUR, JoeLamer

7 EUR, Hessu

9 EUR, Hessu

WINNER: 11 EUR, Hessu

Played once, like new. English edition.
Buccaneer,
Queen (Stefan Dorra)
5 EUR, Hessu

7 EUR, Hessu

WINNER: 13 EUR, Eikku

Played several times, like new. English edition.
Imperial,
Eggert-Spiele
10 EUR

30 EUR,  Timo Tikkanen

WINNER: 31 EUR, pillar

Played   once,
like new.  English edition.
Canal Mania,
Ragnar Brothers
10 EUR

11 EUR,  Niko

WINNER: 12 EUR, Hessu

Played   once,
like new.  English edition. Signed by the designers!
Eketorp,
Queen (Dirk Henn)
10 EUR

11 EUR, Akseli Pulkkinen

16 EUR, Hessu

20 EUR, Akseli Pulkkinen

WINNER: 22 EUR, Akseli Pulkkinen

Played once,
like new. German edition with English rules
  • JoeLamer

    Thurn & Taxis expansion – 6 euros

  • Ansi

    Sleuth 6 e

  • http://www.lautapelaaja.net/ Mikko Saari

    Combat Commander: Mediterranean – 15 euros
    Imperial – 10 euros

  • oskari

    Blue Moon City 5

  • http://www.lautapelaaja.net/ Mikko Saari

    I assume Canal Mania is 1st edition? If it’s second ed., I’ll bid 10 euros for it.

  • http://www.imosse.net/ Mosse

    Shogun 10 euros
    Weinhändler 2 euros

  • Mika

    Blue Moon City 6€

  • Mika

    Blue Moon City 8€

  • Ossessione

    Before the Wind 5 euros

  • http://www.finlandforthought.net Phil

    I assume Canal Mania is 1st edition? If it’s second ed., I’ll bid 10 euros for it.

    Umm….I’m not sure, I don’t have the game in front of me. How would I know if it’s 1st or 2nd edition?

  • http://deleted Ossessione

    Augsburg 1520 5 euros

  • http://deleted Ossessione

    Shogun 11 euros

  • Timo Tikkanen

    Imperial 17 euros
    Sleuth 7 euros
    Great wall of China 5 euros

  • raaf

    Space Dealer – 11 euros
    Age of Empires – 16 euros
    Amyitis – 6 euros
    Before the Wind – 4 euros
    Blue Moon City – 6 euros
    Darjeeling – 6 euros
    Imperial – 11 euros

  • http://www.lautapelaaja.net/ Mikko Saari

    2nd ed. rules say that on the cover.

  • raaf

    A suggestion: don’t end the auctions at 12 o’clock, but wait a couple minutes after the last bid, like in huuto.net, so that everybody has time to outbid if willing to. Good for you, good for us ;)

  • Arttu Häyhä

    Shogun – 12 euros

  • metsku

    Darjeeling 6 eur
    Amyitis 6 eur

  • metsku

    Sorry, 7 euros darjeeling and amyitis

  • oskari

    blue moon city 10

  • niko

    Canal Mania: 11
    Imperial: 18
    Sleuth: 8
    Amyitis: 8
    Age of Empires III: 17

  • Jhua

    Shogun – 15€
    Space Dealer – 12€
    Darjeeling – 8€

  • Kalle Miller

    Space Dealer 15€
    Age of Empires III 20€
    Before the Wind 8€
    Imperial 15€
    Age of Napoleon 5€

  • Kalle Miller

    Whoops, I screwed up a little there.
    Imperial 20€

  • Timo Tikkanen

    Imperial 25 euros
    Sleuth 10 euros

  • JoeLamer

    Limits 2 euros

  • Ville

    Combat Commander: Mediterranean 20 euros

  • Patrik Lervik

    Age of Empires III: The Age of Discovery – 21€

  • Vesa

    Combat Commander: Volume II – Mediterranean. 30 euros

  • http://deleted Ossessione

    Before the Wind – 9 euros

  • http://www.imosse.net/ Mosse

    Shogun 16 euros
    Amyitis 9 euros

  • Jhua

    Oh let’s just cut the crap, we all know Shogun is gonna go for 30-40€ anyways :)

    Shogun – 20€

  • Merikari

    Imperial . 28€

  • Opettaja H.

    Amyitis 10 euros

  • Timo Tikkanen

    Imperial 30

  • http://www.imosse.net/ Mosse

    Shogun 25 €
    Amyitis 12 €

  • sakus

    Bids updated

  • Opettaja H.

    Amyitis 13 euros.

  • JoeLamer

    Ziegen Kriegen, 2 euros

  • Timo Malvisalo

    New England 5 EUR
    Taru Sormusten Herrasta 5 EUR
    Walhalla 5 EUR

  • raaf

    Please, let me take back my bid on Elasund – I mixed things up, it’s not the game I wanted. Sorry, it won’t happen again.

    On the other hand:

    Amyitis – 15e
    Blue Moon City – 12e

  • JoeLamer

    Weinhändler 3 euros

  • Akseli Pulkkinen

    Eketorp 11e

  • sakus

    Bids updated.

  • sakus

    A suggestion: don’t end the auctions at 12 o’clock, but wait a couple minutes after the last bid, like in huuto.net, so that everybody has >time to outbid if willing to. Good for you, good for us ;)
    Comment by raaf — Sat, Aug 2nd, 2008 @ 1:19 pm |Edit This

    This would be ok also because the server time is a little off so there might be a question whether the last bid was posted 12:00 real time or 12:00 server time.

    Because this would be a change to the rules during the auction somebody might feel that it’s not right. For that reason let’s do this so that if anybody objects to this change please post a comment by noon tomorrow (Thursday, August 7th). If there is even one objection by then this change won’t come into effect. If nobody objects I’ll update the rules above the bids.

    Basically the change would be as follows:

    The auction ends on Friday, August 8th at 12:00 UNLESS there is a bid in the last 5 minutes. The auction is then extended by 5 minutes until there is at least 5 minutes from the last bid and the auction ends. Any bid coming after Friday 12:00 with a time stamp which has at least 5 minute difference to the previous bid is invalid and the auction is closed.

  • Hessu

    Buccaneer 5e
    Canal Mania: 12e
    Eketorp 12e
    New England 6e
    Thurn & Taxis expansion 7e
    Walhalla 6e

  • Jhua

    “The auction ends on Friday, August 8th at 12:00 UNLESS there is a bid in the last 5 minutes. The auction is then extended by 5 minutes until there is at least 5 minutes from the last bid and the auction ends. Any bid coming after Friday 12:00 with a time stamp which has at least 5 minute difference to the previous bid is invalid and the auction is closed.”

    I like the idea, but unfortunately i will have to leave for Espoo right after 12:00. So unless the original end of the auction can be moved to an earlier hour, let’s say 11:00, I’m afraid I’ll have to spoil your plans.

  • http://www.imosse.net/ Mosse

    Weinhändler 5 €

  • sakus

    I like the idea, but unfortunately i will have to leave for Espoo right after 12:00. So unless the original end of the auction can be moved to an earlier hour, let’s say 11:00, I’m afraid I’ll have to spoil your plans.

    Ok, fair enough. Let’s stick to the original plan. The auction ends at 12:00 sharp on Friday. Watch out for the time stamp on the comment since that will be the deciding factor. Like noted before the server time is a bit off from the real time.

  • sakus

    This comment is posted on Wed, Aug 6th at 4:05 pm.

  • Jhua

    that time difference is great actually, eliminates some of the last-second bidding.

  • barber

    Marco Polo 5€
    Chicago Poker 3€
    Rage 2€

  • Akseli Pulkkinen

    Eketorp 15e

  • Hessu

    Eketorp 16e

  • sakus

    Bids updated!

  • Timo Malvisalo

    New England 7 EUR
    Walhalla 7 EUR

  • Hessu

    New England 8 EUR
    Walhalla 8 EUR

  • Valtteri Pirttilä

    Age of Napoleon 10 EUR
    Thurn und Taxis expansion 8 EUR

  • Hessu

    Thurn und Taxis expansion 9e

  • Jhua

    Shogun – 30€
    Buccaneer – 6€

  • Hessu

    Buccaneer 7€

  • metsku

    weinhändler 6 euros
    augusburg 6 euros
    darjeeling 9 euros
    ziegenkriege 3 euros

  • Akseli Pulkkinen

    eketorp 20e

  • Mirko

    Shogun – 31 euros
    Augsburg – 7 euros
    Elasund – 7 euros
    Taru Sormusten Herrasta – 6 euros

  • Kalle Miller

    Age of Napoleon 15€
    Before the wind 10€
    Chicago Poker 5€

  • Timo Malvisalo

    New England 9 EUR
    Walhalla 9 EUR
    Taru Sormusten Herrasta 7 EUR
    Augsburg – 8 EUR

  • Mirko

    Augsburg – 9 euros

  • sakus

    Last bids update before the end of the auction.

  • Jhua

    Darjeeling – 10€
    Shogun – 35€
    Buccaneer – 8€

  • Valtteri Pirttilä

    Thurn und Taxis expansion 10 EUR

  • Mirko

    Shogun – 36 euros

  • Jhua

    Shogun – 40€

  • Tombad

    Age of Empires III – 22 EUR

  • raaf

    Age of Empires III – 23e

  • Mirko

    Taru Sormusten Herrasta – 8 euros

  • Valtteri Pirttilä

    Space Dealer 16 EUR

  • Tombad

    Age of Empires III – 25 EUR

  • Timo Malvisalo

    Taru Sormusten Herrasta 9 EUR
    Augsburg – 10 EUR

  • Mirko

    Augsburg – 11 euros
    Tarus Sormusten Herrasta – 10 euros

  • Timo Malvisalo

    Taru Sormusten Herrasta 10 EUR
    Augsburg – 12 EUR

  • Timo Malvisalo

    Sorry, meant:

    Taru Sormusten Herrasta 11 EUR

  • raaf

    Age of Empires III – 27e

  • Mirko

    Augsburg – 15 euros

  • Mirko

    Taru Sormusten Herrasta – 12 euros

  • Tombad

    Age of Empires III – 30 EUR

  • JoeLamer

    Ziegen Kriegen 4 euros
    4 x card game pack 2 euros

  • Patrik Lervik

    Age of Empires III – 32 EUR

  • Hessu

    Buccaneer 9e
    Thurn & Taxis expansion 11e
    Eketorp 21e
    New England 10e
    Walhalla 10e

  • Jhua

    Buccaneer – 10€

  • Tombad

    Age of Empires III – 33 EUR

  • Akseli Pulkkinen

    eketorp 22e

  • Eikku

    Buccaneer – 13€

  • pillar

    Imperial 31e

  • Cane

    ever green 2
    limits 3
    rage 3
    ziegen kriegen 5

  • Jhua

    Time check, this is send at 12:00

  • Mika

    Space Dealer 17e
    Blue Moon City 13e
    Heart of Africa 5e

  • Valtteri Pirttilä

    Space Dealer 18 EUR

  • Jhua

    end?

  • Mika

    Space Dealer 19e

  • Jhua

    yup, seems like its 12:00

    thank you for all and happy gaming!

  • Valtteri Pirttilä

    Hey, who got the Space Dealer? Is a 12:00 pm bid in time or late?

    It’s fine by me either way, I won’t object if Mika gets it, but I don’t mind getting the game either :)

  • raaf

    As far as I know, this ended almost 15 minutes ago

  • Valtteri Pirttilä

    Quote:

    “The auction ends at 12:00 sharp on Friday. Watch out for the time stamp on the comment since that will be the deciding factor. Like noted before the server time is a bit off from the real time.”

    So the auction ended just a few minutes ago.

  • Mika

    raaf, “The auction ends at 12:00 sharp on Friday. Watch out for the time stamp on the comment since that will be the deciding factor. Like noted before the server time is a bit off from the real time.

    Comment by sakus — Wed, Aug 6th, 2008 @ 3:55 pm”

    So time stamp on the comment is the deciding factor as ruled by the sellers. I’d also like to know whether my bid @ 12.00PM server time stands or not :)

  • raaf

    But, in this case, the original description is wrong: “The auction begins now (July 30th) and ends on Friday, August 8th at 12:00″

  • raaf

    Well, not “wrong”, but misleading ;)

  • Mika

    Measuring time on anything but the server time would be problematic, as the different bidders’ clocks could differ by several minutes. What would be the deciding factor then, and how would you know it by looking at the comments?

    The issue with server time was discussed and ruled before and bidders have had to read previous comments for at least knowing what to bid.

  • raaf

    There is an official reference time. It exists. I’ve seen it :P
    Say, http://officialtime.mobi/time/helsinki http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
    http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_FI.aspx

    But if it’s the game that is worrying you, well you got it. Fair enough.

  • http://www.finlandforthought.net Phil

    Hey all!! Thanks for bidding!! Hope it went well for you.

    Please contact me via e-mail if you’ve won (phil at finlandforthought dot net). I’ll give you my phone number and we can figure out how to get you the games, pay for them etc…

  • http://www.finlandforthought.net Phil

    Hey, who got the Space Dealer? Is a 12:00 pm bid in time or late?

    Sorry, the auction ends at 12, so anything 12.00 or greater doesn’t count. :-(

  • http://www.finlandforthought.net Phil

    Measuring time on anything but the server time would be problematic, as the different bidders’ clocks could differ by several minutes. What would be the deciding factor then, and how would you know it by looking at the comments?

    The issue with server time was discussed and ruled before and bidders have had to read previous comments for at least knowing what to bid.

    Yeah, sorry about the guys, we realized a few days ago that the server’s time is a few minutes off. I e-mailed the server’s admin but never got a response – so unforunately we have to go with the server time.

  • Valtteri Pirttilä

    I would think that the sellers tell whether a 12:00 pm bid is valid or not… not a random commenter.

  • Valtteri Pirttilä

    Beat me by a few seconds, forget all about my comment 111. :)

  • sakus

    Winners updated.

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